The Moondrop MIAD 01 is one of the most distinctive Android devices of 2024 thus far. It has a 4.4mm headphone jack to go with the more conventional 3.5mm type. Furthermore, it seems it might be as appealing to teardown enthusiasts as well as audiophiles, and may, therefore, also be easier to repair than most modern smartphones.
  •  Admiral Patrick   ( @ptz@dubvee.org ) English
    51•5 months ago

    I don’t know much about Moondrop’s line of phones, but I do love that Apple removed the headphone jack, Samsung naturally copied them, and Moondrop comes along and says “you know what? We’ll add two headphone jacks”.

    Respect.

    (I absolutely still use the 3.5mm jack)

    •  Thorny_Insight   ( @Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ) English
      17•5 months ago

      It also made it so much easier to choose a new device. Requirements: headphone jack and a removable battery. Results: 1

      Even Fairphone made themselves irrelevant to me by dropping the headphone jack. What an absolutely stupid decision to make especially for a device like that.

      •  viking   ( @viking@infosec.pub ) English
        6•5 months ago

        I’m using USB-C to 3.5" adapters, they cost next to nothing and allow me to use a much wider pool of phones. Some even come with a USB-C passthrough so you can charge it or connect other stuff simultaneously.

        •  Thorny_Insight   ( @Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ) English
          8•5 months ago

          I believe in voting with your wallet. Giving money to companies that practice anti-consumer behaviour sends them the signal that you’re okay with what they’re doing. I’m not okay with it so I’m sticking to my principles.

          I never bought a device with non-removable battery either and now thanks to EU it seems that I don’t ever need to either.

          I also bought an older model MacBook because it had a better keyboard aswell as HDMI port and SD-card reader. Now the newest models have them again because enough people like me refused to buy the inferior models.